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  A creation of beauty is a joy forever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep in view the Vision   -- variation on lines of John Keats The Lord is my breastplate sans hardware sans harness protecting the God-part in my chest God maintains a supernaturall...

  any newcomers or returnees this month, Welcome! and here is a home link to the IBPC rules: http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/rules Poems recommended to represent the Block are posted here in this thread, along with all IBPC required info. When the 1-3 are decided upon, and permission granted by each autho...

  I fluoresce therefore I am   :) mojave, I like the synecdochic title also I like "tufts of buried vegetable tops" ^^ except maybe more precise depiction as the tufted tops of buried vegetables "creeps on the flaxen river." -- effective synesthesia - tactile texture to water and esp that canvas ima...

 
Siva,

I read your poem today in preparation for the upcoming IBPC,

and I see & hear Frankenstein - the doctor(god) and the nuts & bolt monster he made

The monster Frankenstein pieced-together was not at peace




Michael (MV)


 

 
 

 
 
 

  Hi mojave, I have been reading this and I hope to comment elaborabe later soon bernie, Please consider representing the Block in this upcoming October IBPC , if of course you don't already have a poem committed to represent for another board. Thanks 8) Michael (MV)                  

  Hi Siva, nuts & bolts - Frankenstein or the Carpenter-sun-king Your lines led me to a few, which then evolved to this draft - Thanks, Siva. "He-art" God is bullet-proof The Lord is my bullet-proof vest protecting the God-part in my chest (therefore I am able to protect with poetic licence) Brother...

                            a teddy bear             unstuffed with pure Shar Pei pup:                   Tonkey http://www.hngn.com/articles/114594/20150730/shar-pei-instagram-puppy-that-looks-like-teddy-bear-is-newest-internet-sensation-photos.htm http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1170...

  Hi Frank, I composed a response; it suddenly got swept away by a black cyber wave - art imitating life; life imitating art I hope to reconstruct the lost: The oversweeping theme: "The waves killed indiscriminately," reminds me of Titantic and albeit a terrestial, man-made disaster, The September 1...

  Hi mojave, leaving the house behind, but not the home a re-imaging of home is where the heart is - as the last stanza bears witness to and the healthy, ironic resonance of the title: Yes, there is still life when there is husband & wife as one 2 hearts beat as one - always life forevermore Yes, th...

  Hi Siva, the cadence of the 3 items in the poem's title: "rhythmic echoes of the lion the witch the wardrobe" Perhaps the line "and it's not funny" is editorial and not needed. Your poem is stark & poignant; recalls to me Stan Rice, in particular "Duet on Iberville Street" : The man in black leath...

 
Hi Siva,

liked this upon my 1st reading yesterday

didn't have time to comment

still don't

hope to soon



rhythmic echoes of the lion the witch the wardrobe




Michael (MV)


 
 
 
 
 

 
Poems & commentary by C. Wade Bentley:

http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/2015/08



Congrats to our fellow IBPC poets & boards,

Michael (MV)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

  Thanks, bernie, for the notification of needing to withdraw re IBPC one poem rule. Also, Thank you, bernie, for your mention: "that poem you mentioned, Thought Rhymes with Caught is terrific." bernie, Good Luck with your poem representing The Waters. Sincerely, Michael (MV)   Michael---- very sorr...

 
Thanks, Siva

Thanks, mojave - yet please post the poem as you would like it forwarded.


For a 3rd, how about "thought" rhymes with "caught":

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6104


Good Luck in the finals,



Michael (MV)

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Hi Siva, reminds me of the Magi to obtain & sustain the vision of a poet - the inspired artist With the 3rd stanza, the poem seems to speak of the hope/search to be inspired, too. A "if you believe" "is your faith strong, true enough" kind of poem. I'm concerned the poem might not be strong enough y...

  Hi mojave, if I recall correctly, yellow & taxi appear in other of your poems. In the 1st stanza, I almost see yellow lunch boxes and yellow pails   :) mojave, If you don't already have a poem committed to representing another board this September IBPC, would you please allow Beach Closure to repr...

  any newcomers or returnees this month, Welcome! and here is a home link to the IBPC rules: http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/rules Poems recommended to represent the Block are posted here in this thread, along with all IBPC required info. When the 1-3 are decided upon, and permission granted by each autho...

  So we make our choices, when there is no choice; and we listen to their voices, ignoring our own voice.     -- S. Nicks/FM   "Sisters of the Moon" (1979) Rodin's Thinker thought personified cast to bronze a sculpture for dwelling on the grave Go ask Hamlet I believe he'll no longer think so much G...

Thanks, bernie, and thanks for providing all the needed info.

Good Luck, bernie, in the finals.


The poems have been forwarded to the IBPC.


Good Luck to the WB



Michael (MV)

 
 
 
 
 

  Thanks, Siva, and thanks for providing all the needed info. Good Luck, Siva, in the finals. I'm PMing Bernie01 (re A Private Life) a last call a safe & wonderful weekend every one 8) Michael (MV) Michael 'Pulling Out My Varicose Veins' is my original,unpublished poem and I am not representing any ...

 
Congrats to Bernard Henrie on another IBPC 1st Place.


Poems & commentary by C. Wade Bentley:

http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/2015/07



Congrats to our fellow IBPC poets & boards,

Michael (MV)


 
 
 
 
 

Siva,


If you don't already have a poem committed to represent another board,
would you please represent the Writer's Block with Pulling Out My Varicose Veins.


asking if you will represent

Thanks,

Michael (MV)

SivaRamanathan wrote:Michael
Are you asking me to post ,'Pulling out my Varicose Veins?'

S

 
 
 
 

  Hi Siva  (re Pulling Out My Varicose Veins);   Hi Bernie01 (re A Private Life ) : If you don't already have a poem committed to represent another board, would you please represent the Writer's Block. Please accept or decline in this thread. If accepting, then please provide in this thread - ASAP -...

  Hi bernie, I assume that's bernie as in Mojave, yes Did you intend "surf": into the sea, a foaming surf slaps "Irresistible and luminous." ^^ show not tell - maybe "avian beauty" is enough workshop suggesting the last 2 stanzas as: Her violet eyes lapse and close --midday A light spray of champagn...

  any newcomers or returnees this month, Welcome! and here is a home link to the IBPC rules: http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/rules Poems recommended to represent the Block are posted here in this thread, along with all IBPC required info. When the 1-3 are decided upon, and permission granted by each autho...